Listed below are the online Bachelor of General Studies degree requirements:
- all General Education Requirements fulfilled
- 2 courses in either a foreign language or from the list of diversity courses below
- 2 focus areas of at least 18 semester hours each (Students who enter with an associate's degree have one focus area completed.)
- capstone course (typically LASS 4880)
- 9 semester hours of electives from disciplines used in the focus areas
| Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
| 1 upper division (3700 or above) from each of the following disciplines: English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology | 15 sh |
| 6 additional upper division elective hours from among the 5 disciplines above (English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology | 6 sh |
| 6 hours in foreign languages or diversity courses | 6 sh |
| 18 hours constituting the focus 1 transferring in from the associate's degree | 18 sh |
| capstone | 3 sh |
| TOTAL | 48 sh |
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1500 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| CJFS 3752 | Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America | 3 |
| CJFS 5831 | Violence in America | 3 |
| CMST 2610 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 2618 | American Literature and Diversity | 3 |
| ENGL 2631 | Mythology in Literature | 3 |
| GEOG 2626 | World Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 3703 | Human Impacts on the Environment | 3 |
| GERO 3703 | Aging and Society (Listed also as SOC 3703) | 3 |
| HIST 1511 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 1512 | World Civilization from 1500 | 3 |
| JUDC 3751 | Lessons of the Holocaust from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 3 |
| PSYC 1560 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PHLT 2692 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PHLT 3731 | Drug Use and Abuse | 3 |
| REL 2605 | Myth, Symbol, and Ritual | 3 |
| REL 2617 | Introduction to Asian Religions | 3 |
| SOC 2601 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 3703 | Aging and Society (Listed also as GERO 3703) | 3 |
| SOC 3743 | Social Stratification and Inequality | 3 |
| SOC 3744 | Social Deviance | 3 |
To meet university requirements for the bachelor's degree:
- 24 additional upper division hours from any discipline to fulfill the university requirement of 48 upper division semester hours
- 6 additional hours of any level, any discipline to fulfill the university requirement of 120 semester hours for graduation.
This assumes the student enters with a 60-semester hour associate's degree and no upper division hours.
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